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GEORGE BRUCE MENGES
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 14, 1938 – January 2, 1967
Service recordGeorge Bruce Menges, of Maple Heights, Ohio, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on January 2, 1967, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 110 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 110
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Operations Officer, Pilot, Tactical Air Control System (1441)
- Born
- September 14, 1938
- Home of record
- Maple Heights, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 2, 1967
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date January 2, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 110
- ROBERT LOUIS KIRKSEYPrivate First Class · January 1, 1966
- JAMES CALVIN KENDRICKStaff Sergeant · January 2, 1967
- JOHN LEONARD KINTONPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
- WILBUR LINWOOD KOHRPrivate First Class · January 2, 1967
From Maple Heights
- MARCO JOSEPH BARUZZISpecialist Four · February 3, 1967
- TERRY JOHN PERKOLance Corporal · February 21, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH NERAD JRCorporal · March 30, 1967
- NICKOLAS R PALUMBO JRCorporal · August 29, 1967
- LOUIS ALLAN SNAKOVSKY JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1968
- CECIL BOYD WAGNER JRCorporal · September 29, 1968
- THOMAS JAMES SCHNEIDERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1969
- BARRY ROBERT CLARKCorporal · September 5, 1969
- ALAN DAVID MARTINStaff Sergeant · May 17, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.